The Football Factory
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The Football Factory by John King
The Football Factory centres on Tom Johnson, a reasoned 'Chelsea hooligan' who represents a disaffected society operating by brutal rules. We are shown the realities of life - social degradation, unemployment, racism, casual violence, excessive drink and bad sex - and, perhaps more importantly, how they fall into a political context of surveillance, media manipulation and division. Graphic and disturbing, sometimes very funny, and deeply affecting throughout, The Football Factory is a vertiginous rush of adrenaline - the most authentic book yet on the so-called English Disease.
The best book I've read about football and working-class culture in Britain in the ninetiesBuy, steal or borrow a copy now * Irvine Welsh *
Fever Pitch with testosterone and eight pints of lager. Like Fever Pitch, it is not exclusively a novel about football. This is a chronicle of a lost tribe – the white, Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual who is fed up with being told he is crap. * Glasgow Herald *
Not only an outstanding read, but also an important social document... This book should be compulsory reading for all those who believe in the existence, or even attainability, of a classless society * Sunday Tribune *
Powerfully written and tells you more about the mentality of those who disrupt football matches than all the theses of the sociologist academics put together * Daily Mail *
Bleak, thought-provoking and brutal... Has all the hallmarks of a cult novel * Literary Review *
Fever Pitch with testosterone and eight pints of lager. Like Fever Pitch, it is not exclusively a novel about football. This is a chronicle of a lost tribe – the white, Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual who is fed up with being told he is crap. * Glasgow Herald *
Not only an outstanding read, but also an important social document... This book should be compulsory reading for all those who believe in the existence, or even attainability, of a classless society * Sunday Tribune *
Powerfully written and tells you more about the mentality of those who disrupt football matches than all the theses of the sociologist academics put together * Daily Mail *
Bleak, thought-provoking and brutal... Has all the hallmarks of a cult novel * Literary Review *
John King is the author of nine novels - The Football Factory, Headhunters, England Away, Human Punk, White Trash, The Prison House, Skinheads, The Liberal Politics Of Adolf Hitler and Slaughterhouse Prayer. The Football Factory has been turned into a high-profile film and his books have been widely translated abroad. He has also written short stories and non-fiction for a number of publications over the years, with articles appearing in the likes of The New Statesman, Le Monde and La Repubblica. He edits the fiction fanzine Verbal and lives in London.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780099731917 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099731916 |
| Title | The Football Factory |
| Author | John King |
| Series | The Football Factory Trilogy |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1997-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |